Elognisse Honfo
Brandywine,USA
Summary
Dedicate and compassionate Registered Nurse with a career history in direct patient care and care coordination within a fast-paced environment in Med-Surg/Telemetry. Highly skilled in providing high-quality, individualized patient care in a fast-paced setting. Consistently building strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication. Knowledgeable about medication administration, documentation, teamwork, and interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and support.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical-Surgical Unit/ Registered Nurse
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
01.2021 - Current
- Assess patients' conditions and provide skilled and timely emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Use critical thinking to analyze patients' conditions and provide interventions as needed
- Ensure continuity of care by coordinating care with providers, social workers, pharmacists, nursing assistants, physical and occupational therapists
- Insert IV for patients and draw labs
- Provide tracheostomy, colostomy, and ostomy care
- Provide wound care and educate patients and caregivers of proper wound management
- Monitor patients on telemetry and interpret cardiac rhythm
- Observe and document patient's diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Observe and document patient's diets, physical activity, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Turn and re-position patients
- Assist with feeding and bathroom assistance
- Communicate with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies during huddles.
- Use knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care
- Monitor patient reactions after medication administration, blood transfusion, and IV therapies.
- Provide patient and family comfort through challenging recoveries to improve healing
- Provide end of life care
- Delegate and supervise tasks assigned to nursing assistants
- Member of fall Champion Committee
- Document patient conditions, medications administered, admission assessments, and discharge instructions
- Monitor patients after medical or surgical procedures.
Medical-surgical Unit/ Registered Nurse
Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center
03.2025 - 12.2025
- Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Monitor patients conditions and documents appropriate findings
- Collaborate with other healthcare teams members to provide appropriate care plans.
- Ensure continuity of care by coordinating care with providers, social workers, pharmacists, nursing assistants, physical and occupational therapists
- Monitor patients after medical or surgical procedures.
- Remain calm during stressful, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
- Perform routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule.
- Insert IV line for patients and draw bloods
- Provide tracheostomy, colostomy, and ostomy care
- Turn and re-position patients
- Assist with feeding and bathroom assistance
- Provide end of life care
- Document patient conditions, medications administered, admission assessments, and discharge instructions
- Educate patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Communicate with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies during huddles.
- Member of fall Champion Committee
Nursing Home/ Registered Nurse
Green Acres Nursing and Rehab
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Use first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for residents under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Participate in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Monitor wounds and provide appropriate wound care and dressings.
- Promote residents and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Report changes in residents status and manage critical medical conditions effectively.
- Delegate and assess tasks performed by Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants to ensure proper care.
- Evaluate residents histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Monitor vitals, labs result, skin integrity, and residents reactions after administering medications.
- Observe and document residents factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Offer exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
Home Health Aide
KBC Nursing Agency & Home Health Care
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Traveled to different patients' homes to provide healthcare services and promote continuity of care.
- Provided care for elderly patients with different health conditions in their homes
- Assisted with activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing, brushing, cooking, cleaning, and shopping
- Provided regular turn and re-positioning to bedbound patients
- Monitored changes in clients' conditions to report any concerns to supervisor.
- Accompanied patients to medical appointments
- Monitored client health by performing routine temperature, pulse, and blood pressure checks.
- Improved patients' comfort with range of motion, regular exercise, and application of topical treatments.
Home Health Aide
Universal Home Health Agency
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Traveled to different patients' homes to provide healthcare services and promote continuity of care.
- Provided care for elderly patients with different health conditions in their homes
- Assisted with activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing, brushing, cooking, cleaning, and shopping
- Provided regular turn and re-positioning to bedbound patients
- Monitored changes in clients' conditions to report any concerns to supervisor.
- Accompanied patients to medical appointments
- Monitored client health by performing routine temperature, pulse, and blood pressure checks.
- Improved patients' comfort with range of motion, regular exercise, and application of topical treatments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland12.2020
Associate of Science - General Studies
Montgomery Community College
Takoma Park, MD12.2017
Skills
- Compassionate care and empathy
- Preceptor for new graduates Med-Surg
- Complex Problem-solving
- Patient assessments
- Wound care
- Feeding pumps
- Care plan development
- Home health care
- Patient Centered care
- Telemetry monitoring
- Medication and IV administration
- Blood transfusion
- Patient and family advocacy
- Strong clinical judgment
- Reporting and documentation
Certification
- District of Columbia Board Certified Home Health Aide (HHA), HHA11840
- Maryland Board Certified Registered Nurse, R247150, 06/28/2026
- Basic Life Support, 12/26
Languages
English
French
Timeline
Medical-surgical Unit/ Registered Nurse
Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center
03.2025 - 12.2025
Nursing Home/ Registered Nurse
Green Acres Nursing and Rehab
01.2025 - 03.2025
Medical-Surgical Unit/ Registered Nurse
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
01.2021 - Current
Home Health Aide
Universal Home Health Agency
01.2019 - 01.2020
Home Health Aide
KBC Nursing Agency & Home Health Care
01.2016 - 01.2021
Associate of Science - General Studies
Montgomery Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Maryland School of Nursing